Cistern



(No Model.)

0. E. BRNSBERGER.

. OISTERN. v No. 438,994. Patented Oct. 21, 1890.

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CHARLES E. ERNSBERGER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

CISTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,994, dated October21, 1890.

Application filed January 14, 1890. Serial No. 336,919. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it. known that 1, CHARLES E. ERNSBER GER,a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county ofSummit and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Gis-' and novelcombination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimhereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cistern constructedin accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalview.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 and 2 designate the side wallsof a cistern, which is preferably rectangular in form and constructed oflarge brick, that are preferably about twelve inches long, eight inchesWide, and five and a half'inches thick, and the bottom 3 is constructedsimilar to the sides. The walls 1 and 2 of the cistern are capped byadome 4, that is semi-cylindrical and constructed of suitable material,preferably stoneware, and the brickconnection 6 between thesemicylindrical dome and the walls 1 and 2 is air tight. Rising from thesemi-cylindrical dome 4 is an outlet-pipe 5, that is centrally arrangedand constructed of material similar to that of the dome 4.. The pipe orupward extension 5 of the semi-cylindrical dome of the cistern isdesigned to be provided with a suitable pump or water-elevator to drawthe contents of the cistern, and it has been found by practice thatrain-water after remaining for some time in a cistern loses itscharacteristic taste and becomes pure and sweet.

It will readily be seen that the cistern is simple and inexpensive inits construction and is adapted to be readily constructed in anylocality.

Having described my invention, what I claim is-- A cistern comprising aside and end walls 1 and 2 and the bottom 3, constructed of largeblocks, the semi cylindrical dome 4, constructed of artificial stone andmounted upon the walls and having its sides resting thereon, thesemicircular brick portion 6, built upon the end walls 2 and supportingand closing the ends of the dome, and the centrally-arranged pipe orextension 5, constructed of artificial stone and adapted to contain apump or water-elevator, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. ERNSBERGER.

